Cardiology — Flashcards

Which pneumococcal vaccines are indicated for patients with HIV? _____

What is the most important predisposing risk factor associated with aortic dissection? _____

Giant cell arteritis and impaired vision = _____

Hint: drug

How do you treat septic shock? Treating sepsis: IV broad spectrum antibiotics Treating shock: aggressive _____ and pressors

The presence of _____ in the setting of SLE should raise concern for lupus nephritis and requires that a(n) renal biopsy be performed

Only prosthetic valves can lead to schistocytes _____

Hint: T/F

CREST, renal crisis and heart and interstitial lung disease is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What type of chest pain is often associated with pneumonia? _____

_____ = life-threatening hyperthyroidism precipitated by acute stress (e.g. infection, trauma, surgery)

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with prosthetic mitral valve that presents with shortness of breath and bibasilar crackles? Her INR is 1.5. _____